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• * Klaas den Hartog, Goudriaan († 1932)
• Alida Catharina Ten Brink, Amsterdam († 1950)
• Anna Christina Cason, Weenen, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa († 1921)
• Aafje Smit, Oostzaan, Nederland († 1942)
• Alijda de Vries, Beesd, Geldermalsen († 1955)
• Albert Berghorst, Vorchten (Gem. Heerde) († 1926)
• Albertje Dubbelboer-, Valtherveen, Nederland († 1871)
• Anna Ananudsdvtler
• Adrianus Creteer, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adriaan de Wit, Oudewater († 1903)

• Aarnout Henderik Ingelse (32), Middelburg
• Anna V. Keyser (12), Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
• Aren Wielaard (0), Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hankel (64), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arie Opmeer (43), Egmond aan de Hoef (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Aaltje Geurtse, Maartensdijk
• Alida Cornelis van Kampen (77), Amsterdam
• Antoinette Raaff (0), Probolinggo,Indonesi√´
• Anna Hackl (60), Lackenbach, Oostenrijk
• Adriana Maria van Kessel (8), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1853 » John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman († 1924)
• 1861 » Julia A. Ames, American journalist, editor, and reformer († 1891)
• 1867 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic († 1902)
• 1869 » Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer († 1939)
• 1871 » Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher († 1942)
• 1872 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player († 1910)
• 1882 » Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland († 1975)
• 1882 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1959)
• 1888 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1923)
• 1888 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance († 1947)

• 1831 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)
• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• February 25 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
• March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
• April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
• May 14 » The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
• August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• October 7 » Franco-Prussian War: Léon Gambetta escapes the siege of Paris in a hot-air balloon.

The temperature on October 14, 1870 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.